Religious right in Minnesota urges anti-gay marriage amendment vote, Governor vows to fight it

Religious right groups praised the House Rules Committee vote on Wednesday morning to pass an amendment that would codify a gay marriage ban in the Minnesota Constitution, but also called for action against “gay activists” who would “assault,” “attack” or “take one last shot” at Republican legislators. While conservative More…

Bachmann concedes defunding ‘Obamacare’ won’t happen in 2011

In an interview with the Family Research Council (FRC) on Tuesday evening, Rep. Michele Bachmann admitted that the new health care law won’t be defunded in 2011. The FRC hosted a webcast called “Time to Act: How big government is fiscally and morally bankrupting America,” during which Bachmann also More…

House votes to fund government for 3 more weeks without rider to defund Planned Parenthood

The House approved a three-week continuing resolution on Tuesday, according to Roll Call. The stopgap spending measure, which passed 271-158, will keep the government funded through April 8 and would cut $6 billion in spending from the federal budget by the end of this week, if the Senate approves it.

Despite the More…

Tony Perkins: Don’t Give to the RNC

Jonathan Martin has the first look at an email going out to Family Research Council supporters in which Tony Perkins tells conservatives to close their wallets to the RNC.

I’ve hinted at this before, but now I am saying it-don’t give money to the RNC. If you want to

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‘Ladies and Gentlemen, We Have a Country to Save!’

ALEXANDRIA, VA. — Outside of the Collingwood Library and Museum, a stately home a few miles down the highway from Washington, D.C. — and a few miles north of Mount Vernon — dozens of conservative activists gathered to witness the introduction and signing of the Mount Vernon Statement. On the More…

Tony Perkins and Frank Gaffney React to Koh Cloture Vote

A vote on Harold Koh’s nomination to be legal adviser to the State Department is scheduled for 4:10 p.m. Yesterday, after cloture passed on Koh, I asked Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council for a reaction on a nominee his group had campaigned hard against.

“I thought the vote More…